Do health assessments affect time to permanent residential aged care admission for older women with and without dementia?

ABSTRACT:

Aim

To investigate the effect of health assessments on permanent residential aged care admission for older Australian women with and without dementia.

Methods

A total of 1427 older Australian women who had a health assessment between March 2002 and December 2013 were matched with 1427 women who did not have a health assessment in the same period. Linked administrative datasets were used to identify health assessment use, admission to permanent residential aged care, and dementia status. Outcome was time to residential aged care admission from the matched date of health assessment.

Results

Women who had health assessments were less likely to be admitted to residential aged care in the short term (100 days), irrespective of dementia status (subdistribution hazard ratio

SUBMITTER: Byles J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10947059 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature